The garden is an Over-the-Rhine Foundation project and the foundation has already raised more than $300,000 for the garden.

Each teacher at the academy has a garden bed and every student will have their own personal space in the beds.

The director of the rooftop garden, Bryna Bass, spoke about the unique garden and how it will be used.

“This garden is so unique to this school being on the roof of this school and every classroom will have an opportunity to come up onto the rooftop on a weekly basis or however often a teacher wants to bring them up there to really work in the garden and grow either flowers or vegetables or even use it as a laboratory,” Bass said.

The Over-the-Rhine Foundation will host ‘A Mid-Summer Night’s Gala’ on Friday to raise more money for the rooftop garden.

OTRF board member Pope Coleman will be honored during the event for his contributions to the foundation and the rooftop garden project.